Inner Thoughts Exposed! My Disabled Husband Knows All My Secrets!

Lin Xueyi looked at General Zhou in amazement. [I can’t believe it really worked!]

She had known that this was the method Rong Shuyan would eventually discover in the novel, but knowing something and actually seeing it work were completely different things.

[Thank goodness my suggestion worked.]

[If it had failed just now, these soldiers would probably have a hard time trusting anything I say again.]

On the other side, Rong Shuyan frowned slightly when he heard her thoughts.

He didn’t agree with that.

In a situation filled with so much uncertainty, making mistakes was normal. No one could possibly know whether every idea would work before trying it.

To be a great leader, one needed to be willing to listen to different ideas, even if some of them eventually failed.

More importantly, Rong Shuyan didn’t want his soldiers to become afraid of giving suggestions simply because they might be wrong.

His gaze moved toward the soldiers standing nearby. "If her suggestion had failed just now, would any of you have blamed her for wasting our time?"

The soldiers immediately froze, and so did Lin Xueyi. [Huh?]

[Why is he suddenly asking them that?!] Her eyes widened slightly. [Why?! Why?! I didn’t say anything out loud, did I?!]

The soldiers exchanged confused looks before one of them quickly shook his head. "Of course not, Your Highness."

Another soldier nodded in agreement. "The Princess Consort was only trying to help."

Rong Shuyan gave a small nod. Then, much to Lin Xueyi’s surprise, he turned toward her. "Your experiment succeeded today," he said calmly. "But if you try something again in the future and it fails, as long as the mistake can still be fixed, you don’t need to be afraid to try again."

He paused for a moment before adding, "Just like when you failed to make medicine for me."

Lin Xueyi swallowed hard and didn’t even blink. She felt both confused and embarrassed because Rong Shuyan had brought up the medicine incident, even though it had been part of her scheming plan.

"Why... are you telling me this, Your Highness?" Lin Xueyi finally asked.

Rong Shuyan looked completely calm. "It’s nothing important," he replied casually. "I just want you to remember it, so you won’t be afraid to do more experiments in the future."

Lin Xueyi stared at him for a moment. For some reason, her heart suddenly felt warm. [He’s really understanding...]

In her previous life, making a mistake at work could sometimes feel like the end of the world. One wrong decision could damage someone’s career, and even a small mistake might be enough to earn a harsh scolding from a superior.

Because of that, people often became afraid to try anything new. It was safer to follow what everyone else was doing than risk being blamed when something went wrong.

Yet Rong Shuyan was telling her that failing was fine as long as the mistake could still be fixed.

[But what if the mistake can’t be fixed?!] Lin Xueyi suddenly began to panic again. [Will I be beheaded immediately?!]

Rong Shuyan, who had been quietly listening to her thoughts, fell silent. Why had she suddenly jumped from making a mistake to being beheaded?

He had only told her not to be afraid of trying again. How had she managed to imagine losing her head within a few breaths?

Still, he thought about her question seriously.

If the mistake truly couldn’t be fixed, then naturally, the result would depend on what kind of mistake she had made.

But beheading her? Impossible.

Even if she caused serious trouble, his first thought would be how to deal with the problem, not how to punish her.

Besides, with her personality, Rong Shuyan suspected that she would already scare herself half to death before anyone even had the chance to blame her.

Just like she was doing right now.

[No, no. I need to be careful.]

[This isn’t my old world. People can actually lose their heads here!]

Rong Shuyan almost sighed. It seemed his words had only comforted her for a few moments before her mind found something new to worry about.

Perhaps he should have been clearer.

However, he couldn’t suddenly tell her that he wouldn’t have her beheaded without making it obvious that he knew exactly what she was thinking, so Rong Shuyan could only keep the thought to himself.

If that day ever came, he would deal with it then and as long as he was still alive, he had no intention of letting anyone cut off her head.

Before Lin Xueyi could scare herself with even more terrible possibilities, General Zhou suddenly spoke. "Your Highness."

His voice immediately pulled everyone’s attention back to him.

General Zhou still had his eyes closed. His body remained completely still as he focused on the view coming from the eagle. "I’ve reached a place that we’ve rarely explored before, but I think we can still see it on our map."

Rong Shuyan’s expression immediately became serious. "Tell us what you see."

A mapmaker was already standing beside General Zhou with a large map spread across a wooden board. He held a brush in one hand, ready to mark anything General Zhou discovered.

"There is a river below me," General Zhou began. "It runs toward the southeast before disappearing beneath the trees."

The mapmaker quickly found the river on the map. "I found it."

"There are mountains beyond the forest. Two of them, very close together."

For the next several minutes, General Zhou continued describing everything he saw while the mapmaker followed his words.

The eagle flew across the forest, allowing him to see the land from a completely different view.

Places that had been difficult for their scouts to reach could now be seen clearly from above, but then General Zhou suddenly fell silent.

The mapmaker waited and said, "General Zhou?"

His brows slowly furrowed. "There’s something between those two mountains."

Rong Shuyan immediately looked toward the map. "What?"

"A path."

The mapmaker frowned. "There is no path between those mountains."

"I can see one." General Zhou concentrated harder. "It’s extremely narrow. From this height, it almost looks like a dark line between the rocks."

The mapmaker quickly shook his head. "Our men have searched that area before. If there were a road there, someone should have found it."

"Perhaps because it wasn’t meant to be found," Rong Shuyan said.

Everyone became quiet upon hearing his words. Meanwhile, General Zhou guided his attention through the eagle’s sight as it flew closer.

The entrance was almost completely hidden beneath trees and hanging vines. Large rocks had also been placed around it, making the opening look like nothing more than a natural gap in the mountain, but once the eagle flew directly above it, General Zhou could finally see what was inside.

His expression changed. "Your Highness..."

"What did you find?" Rong Shuyan asked.

"People."

Rong Shuyan’s eyes sharpened. "How many?"

"I can’t tell yet."

The eagle circled higher. General Zhou remained silent for several breaths, then he spoke again. "Hundreds—No, wait, maybe thousands."

The soldiers around them immediately became tense.

"They’re moving through the narrow path," General Zhou continued. "They have weapons. Horses too, but they’re leading them instead of riding because there isn’t enough room."

"The Southern Wolf Tribe?" Rong Shuyan asked.

"Yes."

The mapmaker stared at the empty space on his map. "But how?"

General Zhou continued watching, then he noticed the walls along the path. Some parts looked natural, but others were far too smooth. There were also marks along the stone that couldn’t have been made by wind or rain.

"This path..." General Zhou slowly said. "I don’t think it was naturally formed."

Rong Shuyan’s gaze lowered toward the map. "They probably dug it."

General Zhou nodded without opening his eyes. "That’s what it looks like."

A soldier nearby frowned. "But a path through two mountains would take years to make."

"Exactly," Rong Shuyan replied.

The atmosphere immediately became heavier. If the Southern Wolf Tribe had truly spent years secretly digging a route through the mountains, then this war hadn’t begun when their armies arrived at the border.

They had been preparing for this war long before it began, all so they could take revenge for their late Leader, who had been killed by Rong Shuyan.

[I don’t remember there being a path like that in the book,] Lin Xueyi thought.

She tried to search through her memories, but nothing came to mind. [Or... was Rong Yunzhou so stupid that the Southern Wolf Tribe didn’t even need to use their most secret route?]

After thinking about it for a moment, Lin Xueyi became more convinced. [Yeah. That must be it.]

Rong Shuyan clicked his tongue softly because he still couldn’t understand why Rong Yunzhou had been sent to an area as crucial as this.

He had only been asked to move their main food supplies, yet he was giving orders at a snail’s pace.

At this point, Rong Shuyan felt that the camp might actually be better off without him, or maybe... he could arrange that.

Rong Shuyan’s eyes slowly narrowed as an idea formed in his mind. "Soldier."

One of the soldiers nearby immediately stepped forward. "Your Highness."

"I need you to do something for me."

Rong Shuyan gestured for him to come closer. The soldier leaned down, and Rong Shuyan lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear. "Go to the Second Prince and tell him everything we’ve discovered so far."

"Make sure he knows that the Southern Wolf Tribe is using a hidden path between the mountains," Rong Shuyan continued. "And tell him that this is a major discovery."

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